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+[[!meta title="Curriculum Vitæ"]]
+Curriculum Vitæ
+===============
+
+[Don Armstrong](http://www.donarmstrong.com/)
+<don@donarmstrong.com>
+<http://www.donarmstrong.com>
+
+Education
+----------
+* Doctor of Philosophy
+ * 2001-2008 *Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology*.
+ [University of California at Riverside](http://www.ucr.edu).
+ Dissertation: The Role of membrane Composition in the Activity of
+ Membrane-Associated Signal Transduction Proteins.
+* Bachelor of Science
+ * 1997-2001 [Biology](http://bio.ucr.edu).
+ [University of California at Riverside](http://www.ucr.edu).
+
+Postdoctoral Experience
+-------------------------
+
+### University of Southern California ###
+
+* 2013--Present. Postdoctoral researcher under Chaim O. Jacob.
+ Identifying genes and causal alleles associated with Systemic Lupus
+ Erythematosus using genome-wide association, next-generation
+ sequencing, computational and biochemical approaches.
+* 2009--2010. Postdoctoral researcher under Florence M. Hofman.
+ Identifying signaling pathways which are responsible for the
+ functional alteration of endothelial cells in glioblastoma
+ multiforme and arteriovenous malformations.
+
+### University of California at Riverside ###
+* 2010--2012. Postdoctoral researcher under Raphael Zidovetzki.
+ Identifying genes which are associated with Systemic Lupus
+ Erythematosus using prior information and targeted trio-based
+ studies.
+
+Teaching
+--------
+### Teaching Assistant ###
+* 2004--2007. University of California at Riverside. First and second
+ quarter introduction to biology for majors (BIO 5A and 5B).
+ Introduction to Genetics (BIO 102), Human Embryology (CBNS 169).
+
+Work in Industry
+----------------
+### Non-Profit ###
+* 2004--Present. [Debian Project](http://www.debian.org), Developer;
+ Technical Committee Member (2010--Present)
+
+### Employment Experience ###
+* 2002-2003. *Socratech* in Rochester, NY. Bioinformatics researcher:
+ developed new microarray analysis methods for a start-up
+ biotechnology company working on developing treatments for
+ Alzheimer's disease
+
+Publications
+------------
+### In Preparation ###
+1. *Don L. Armstrong*, Raphael Zidovetzki, and Chaim O Jacob. Novel
+ lupus associated genes discovered in GWAS; two signals explain all
+ HLA SNPs in European Americans. /In preparation/.
+
+## Refereed Publications ##
+1. Chaim O Jacob, Miriam Eisenstein, Mary C Dinauer, Wenyu Ming,
+ Qiang Liu, Sutha John, Francesco P Quismorio, Andreas Reiff, Barry
+ L Myones, Kenneth M Kaufman, Deborah McCurdy, John B Harley, Earl
+ Silverman, Robert P Kimberly, Timothy J Vyse, Patrick M Gaffney,
+ Kathy L Moser, Marisa Klein-Gitelman, Linda Wagner-Weiner, Carl D
+ Langefeld, *Don L Armstrong*, and Raphael Zidovetzki.
+ Lupus-associated causal mutation in neutrophil cytosolic factor 2
+ (NCF2) brings unique insights to the structure and function of
+ NADPH oxidase. /Proc Natl Acad Sci USA/, 109(2):59--67, Jan 2012.
+2. *Don L Armstrong*, Omer Markovitch, Raphael Zidovetzki, and Doron
+ Lancet. Replication of simulated prebiotic amphiphile vesicles
+ controlled by experimental lipid physicochemical properties. /Phys
+ Biol/, 8(6):066001, Dec 2011.
+
+3. Christopher J Stapleton, *Don L Armstrong*, Raphael Zidovetzki,
+ Charles Y Liu, Steven L Giannotta, and Florence M Hofman.
+ Thrombospondin-1 modulates the angiogenic phenotype of human
+ cerebral arteriovenous malformation endothelial cells.
+ /Neurosurgery/, 68(5):1342--53, May 2011.
+
+4. *D L Armstrong*, A Reiff, B L Myones, F P Quismorio, M
+ Klein-Gitelman, D McCurdy, L Wagner-Weiner, E Silverman, J O
+ Ojwang, K M Kaufman, J A Kelly, J T Merrill, J B Harley, S-C Bae, T
+ J Vyse, G S Gilkeson, P M Gaffney, K L Moser, C Putterman, J C
+ Edberg, E E Brown, J Ziegler, C D Langefeld, R Zidovetzki, and C O
+ Jacob. Identification of new SLE-associated genes with a two-step
+ Bayesian study design. /Genes Immun/, 10(5):446--56, Jul 2009.
+
+5. Chaim O Jacob, Jiankun Zhu, *Don L Armstrong*, /et al./
+ Identification of IRAK1 as a risk gene with critical role in the
+ pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. /Proc Natl Acad Sci
+ USA/, 106(15):6256--61, Apr 2009.
+
+6. Bahram Namjou, Andrea L Sestak, *Don L Armstrong*, Raphael
+ Zidovetzki, /et al./ High-density genotyping of STAT4 reveals
+ multiple haplotypic associations with systemic lupus erythematosus
+ in different racial groups. /Arthritis Rheum/, 60(4):1085--95, Apr 2009.
+
+7. *Don Armstrong* and Raphael Zidovetzki. Amplification of
+ diacylglycerol activation of protein kinase c by cholesterol.
+ /Biophys J/, 94(12):4700--10, Jun 2008.
+
+8. *Don L Armstrong*, Chaim O Jacob, and Raphael Zidovetzki.
+ Function2gene: a gene selection tool to increase the power of
+ genetic association studies by utilizing public databases and
+ expert knowledge. *BMC Bioinformatics*, 9:311, 2008.
+
+9. Chaim O Jacob, Andreas Reiff, *Don L Armstrong*, Barry L Myones,
+ Earl Silverman, Marisa Klein-Gitelman, Deborah McCurdy, Linda
+ Wagner-Weiner, James J Nocton, Aaron Solomon, and Raphael
+ Zidovetzki. Identification of novel susceptibility genes in
+ childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus using a uniquely
+ designed candidate gene pathway platform. /Arthritis Rheum/,
+ 56(12):4164--73, Dec 2007.
+
+10. Raphael Zidovetzki, Burkhard Rost, /Don L Armstrong/, and Israel
+ Pecht. Transmembrane domains in the functions of fc receptors.
+ /Biophys Chem/, 100(1-3):555--75, 2003.
+
+11. *Don L Armstrong*, Dan B Borchardt, and Raphael Zidovetzki.
+ Synergistic perturbation of phosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin
+ bilayers by diacylglycerol and cholesterol. /Biochem Biophys Res
+ Commun/, 296(4):806--12, Aug 2002.
+
+12. Zhenhua Wu, Huang Guo, Nienwen Chow, Jan Sallstrom, Robert D Bell, Rashid
+ Deane, Andrew I Brooks, Suhasini Kanagala, Anna Rubio, Abhay Sagare, Dong
+ Liu, Fang Li, *Don Armstrong*, Thomas Gasiewicz, Raphael Zidovetzki, Xiaomei
+ Song, Florence Hofman, and Berislav V Zlokovic. Role of the meox2 homeobox gene in neurovascular dysfunction in
+ alzheimer disease. /Nat Med/, 11(9):959--65, Sep 2005.
+
+13. Rashid Deane, Shi Du Yan, Ram Kumar Submamaryan, Barbara LaRue,
+ Suzana Jovanovic, Elizabeth Hogg, Deborah Welch, Lawrence Manness,
+ Chang Lin, Jin Yu, Hong Zhu, Jorge Ghiso, Blas Frangione, Alan
+ Stern, Ann Marie Schmidt, \textbf{Don L Armstrong}, Bernd Arnold,
+ Birgit Liliensiek, Peter Nawroth, Florence Hofman, Mark Kindy,
+ David Stern, and Berislav Zlokovic. Rage mediates amyloid-beta
+ peptide transport across the blood-brain barrier and accumulation
+ in brain. /Nat Med/, 9(7):907--13, Jul 2003.
+
+Selected Presentations
+----------------------
+### Conference Presentations ###
+* 2007-06-07. FOCIS 2007. Uniquely designed candidate gene
+ identification platform discovers novel genes in childhood-onset
+ SLE.
+
+Projects
+--------
+[Current projects|projects]
+
+References
+----------
+Please e-mail for references
+
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